The 24th Edition ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance
bicycle
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race and one of the three
grand tours
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, was held from 23 April to 11 May 1969. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of , and was won by
Roger Pingeon
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Growing up near the Jura Mountains, he was a cross-country skier as a teenager before taking up bicycle racing. He spent two y ...
of the
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cycling team
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. Raymond Steegmans won the points competition and Luis Ocaña, who demonstrated his time trialling skills by winning the prologue and two time trials in the race, won the mountains classification.
Teams and riders
Route
Results
References
External links
Results of 1969 Vuelta on cyclebase.nl
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1969 in road cycling
1969
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1969 in Spanish sport
1969 Super Prestige Pernod